I have gone inpatient quite a few times, always at the same hospital, and it has always been a positive experience (if you can call having to go inpatient "positive"). My personal pdoc happens to be the director of mental health services at the hospital, so I continue under his care when I go inpatient which is an ideal situation for continuity of care for me.

This particular hospital is staffed by very caring nurses, social workers, and psychiatric techs. It is a safe and supportive environment. It was a place where I could stay safe, get stabilized medically and mentally, and I always left in a much better space that when I entered.

Is every hospital created equally? Absolutely not, but there ARE good hospitals out there.